Courtesy: ICC
Amelia Kerr, the New Zealand all-rounder, was given the player of the tournament award for her exceptional performances in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, helping her team win the coveted title for the first-time in their history. The 24-year-old also earned the player of the final award for her key role in ensuring that New Zealand got the better of South Africa by 32 runs in the summit clash of the T20 World Cup at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
In the grand finale, Amelia Kerr scored a valuable 43 off 38 with four fours, top scoring for New Zealand, to ensure that they posted an above par total of 158/5 in their allotted overs. In the bowling side of things, she picked up a three-wicket haul, dismissing the key South African batters, including their captain Laura Wolvaardt, Anneke Bosch, and Annerie Dercksen, while conceding only 24 runs in her four-over spell, to restrict them to 126/9 in their allotted overs.
Amelia Kerr is first New Zealand cricketer to win player of the tournament award in Women's T20 World Cup
Throughout the entire Women’s T20 World Cup 2024, Amelie Kerr was the star performer for the White Ferns, scoring decent runs and picking up a bag of wickets along with remarkable work in the field as well. She ended up scoring 135 runs in six matches at an average of 27, while taking 15 wickets at an average of 7.33 and an economy of 4.85 along with four catches in the field.
After receiving the player of the final and tournament awards in the Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 final, Amelia Kerr was quoted as saying, as per ESPNcricinfo, “I'm a little bit speechless and I'm just so stoked to get the win, considering what this team's been through and yeah, it's what dreams are made of. I thought the wicket was pretty good but it slowed up a little bit and I thought that was probably not a bad thing with us bowling second.”
Below is the list of cricketers who won player of the tournament award throughout the history of Women’s T20 World Cup:
2024 - Amelia Kerr (NZ)
2023 - Ashleigh Gardner (AUS)
2020 - Beth Mooney (AUS)
2018 - Alyssa Healy (AUS)
2016 - Stafanie Taylor (WI)
2014 - Anya Shrubsole (ENG)
2012 - Charlotte Edwards (ENG)
2010 - Nicola Browne (AUS)
2009 - Claire Taylor (ENG)
